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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

No CURE FOR "DIvERs "-Goyernor
Taylor, of Tennessee, recently told of a
colored clergyman who preached a sermon
on the text: "And the multitudes came to
him and he healed them of divers diseas-
es." Said he: "My dying congregation,
this is q terrible text. Disease is in the
world. The small pox Stays its hundreds,
the cholera its thousands and the yellow
fever its tens of thousands, but, in the Ian
guage of the text, if you take the divers.
You are gone. These earthly doctors can
cure smallpox, cholera and yellow fever il
they get there in time, but nobody but the
GOOD Lord can cure the divers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

NOT AN ENCOURAGING PROSPECT
Doubtful Party Ito gentleman)-Can you
assist nae, sir, to q trife? Pm a stranger
in q strange land 10000 miles from home:
Gentleman-My conscience! Where IS
your home?
Doubtful Party-Australia.
Gentleman (handing him q cent)IHo
do YOU eye expect to get back there?
Doubtful Party balancing the penny
Well. if I don't do better than this, sir, |
s'pose I'll have to walk.-Drake's 1Tavel-
ers' Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

MONTANA ALL READY.-Omaha Man
Montana wants to come into the Union,
eh?
Montana Man-That's just what we're
after, and Well make it, too.
81 did not suppose Montana had enough
population"
aGreat Scott! We've got 1,4OO, 900 cat
tie, 100, 900 horses, 1900, 600 sheep and no
end of hogs.-OmdhG World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
CLERKS SALE.
South Carolina-York County.

SOuCn CdFOllnd-IO COuItS'
IN COMMON PLEAS.
C. Z. Spencer, Executor, against VIM. R. Bell,
Nancy L. Bell and c. G. Parish.-lst Judg--
mcnt of Foreclosure against ". r. Bell. "a
Judgment of Foreclosure against Nancy L.
Bell.
n obedience to the Judgments of Foreclosure
made in the above entitled causes, I will eX-
pose to public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE,
ON the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT,
The interest of the Defendants, w. r. Bell and
n. L. Bell, in all that certain tract of land lying
on or near Fishing Creek, on the waters OF
Aiken's Branch, containing
1861 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
Bounded by lands Of the estate of James kuy-
kendall and lands of VIM. Aiken, James Car
son and John It. Lowry.
TERMS-CASH.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
JOS. F. WALLACE, c. G. Pts.
December 40 At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
THE ORIGIN OF GREAT CORPORATIONS.

Machinery is now recognized as essen
tial to cheap production. Nobody can
produce effectively and economically with
out it., and what was formerly known as
domestic manufacture is now almost obso-
lete. But machinery is one of the most
extensive purchases and its use requires
an amount of capital far beyond the ordina-
ry individal to furnish. There are very
few men in the world possessed of an
amount of wealth sufficient to individual
ly construct and own an extensive line OF
railway or telegraph, a first-class steam
ship, or a great factory. 1t is also to be
remembered that for carrying on produc-
ton by the most modern and effective
methods, large capital is needed, not only
for machinery, but also for the purchas-
ing and carrying of extensive stocks Of
crude material and finished products. Su.
gar can now be, and generally is, refined
at a profit of an eighth of a cent a pound,
and sometimes rs low as a sixteenth or
in other words, from eight to sixteen
pounds of raw sugar must now be treated
in refining in order to make a cent; from
eight hundred to sixteen hundred pounds
to make a dollar, from eighty thousand
to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds
to make a hundred dollars, and so on.
The mere capital requisite for providing
and carrying the raw material necessary
for the successful prosecution Of this bust
ness, apart from all other conditions,
places it, therefore, of necessity, beyond
the reach of an ordinary capitalist or pro-
Queer. 1t has been before stated that in
the manufacture Of jewelry by machinery,
one boy can make up nine thousand sleeve
buttons per day four girls, also, working
by modern methods, can puttogether in the
same time eight thousand collar buttons.
But to run an establishment with such
facilities the manufacturer must keep
constantly in stock thirty thousand dol
lars worth of cut ornamental stones, n
q stock of cuff buttons that represents nine
thousand different designs and patterns.
Hence from such conditions have grown
up great corporations of stock companies,
which are only forms of associated capital
organized for effective use and protection.
They are regarded to some extent as evils ;
but they are necessary, as there is appa.
rently no other way in which the work of
production and distribution, in accordance
with the requirements of the age, can be
prosecuted. The rapldity, however, with
which such combinations of capital are or
ganizing for the purpose of promoting in
dustrial and commercial undertakings on
a scale heretofore wholly unprecedented,
and the tendency they have to crystallze
into something far more complex than
what has been familiar to the public as
corporations, with the impressive names
of syndicates, trusts, ETC., also constitute
one of the remarkable features of modern
business methods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

SoLoMoN's CH1LDREN.-"Solomon said, 4"
remarked the dominic, as he carefully
trimmed a.birchen switch four feet long
before going into committee of the whole
ON the state of the country. Solomon
said, Spare the rod and spoil the child
rem"
Eyes" said the trembling minority
member of the committee, shut see what
awful children Solomon raised"
And while the master thought and
thought and thought, the minority went
out to revise his report and forgot to come
back.-BMdeHe.
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IT. 8.
THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER.

T1RzAH, S. c., March 10, 1887.
MEssRs. JEFFERYs q HoKE, Gents:
THE Cyclone Spark Extinguisher puton my
engine a few months ago is giving entire
satisfaction. Before it was put on, my gin
house several times caught fire from sparks, so
+ had to quit running while the wind was blow
ing in the direction of the Clubhouse. Now I
can gin and saw with perfect safety, no matter
which way the wind blows. Haven'tseen a live
spark from the engine since I have been usingit.
And another goodthing about it is, it can't wear
or burr out. Will last as long as the engine. l
think it a great inventions. and wouldn't take
double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn't
get another one. I think you ought to reduce
the present high rate Of insurance on gin-houses
where these ~extinguishers are used on the en-
gines, or, at least, recommend such to the COM
panies you represent, because 1 see no risk
whatever from the engine.
Very respectfully.
HENRY MASSEY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

Two BEAUx TO HER STRING.-Celia-
Why do you encourage attentions from
both Tom and Harry? ,
Irene-Well, dear, I like Tom best, but
he is not very we'll off, and can't afford a
carriage if we 60 to the theatre. l call
him "my fine weather beau"
Celina-Then what do you call Harry?
.Irene-My rainbow.-HGrper's Bazaar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

CALL1NG.-Smith-I say, Dumley,. you
have had some experience in love affairs,
and I want your advice. There is a pretty
little widow in Harlem whom l devotediy
love. In paying my addresses how often
ought I to call upon her?
Dumley-She is a widow, you say?
Smith-Yes.
Dumley-Seven nights a weeks, yboy,
with a Wednesday and Saturday matinee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

BEFORE 1O.-Judge B. with emphasis
Clara, is that fellow coming ound here
again tonight?
Clara (hopelessly)-I believe so. papa.
Judge B.-Well, daughter, remember
this: This house closes at 10, sharp, and
Clara (hastily)coh! George viii be mere
wallpapers Bazar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
FOL SALE OR RENT.

WHAT large and elegant three-story brick
building known as ROSES HOTEL, To-
Gated in the central part of the town of YORK
WILLIE, S. C. Said Hotel has a frontage on
with a handsome store room y x Is feet on
first floor. The lot on which it is situated con-
tains good stables and outhouses with an acre
of ground in garden.
This house is for sale, or will be leased for
uary, 1st 1883. For further information apply
to w. E.. ROSE, Columbia, S. c.
November l6 40 It
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

SHE SPOKE BY THE CLocK.-A little
girl who had been taught that she was
four and a half years old, and whose moth
er had been teaching her to tell the time
of day, was asked by an acquaintance how
old she was. q,
II am-let me see-Ia am half past FOUR"
she replied.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
AUCTION SALES.
CLERKS SALE.
South Caro1ina---York County.

IN COMMON PLEAS.
Nancy L. Dunlap against James M. Poag and
others.
TN obedience to the Decree of the Court made
in the cause above entitled, I will expose to
public sale, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT,
All that piece, parcel and tract of land stu
ated in York county and State aforesaid, lying
on the waters of Fishing Creek, containing
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES,
More or less, being the lands now occupied by
Mrs. M. E. Johnson and her husband, as ten
ants of the late Salina Poag, deceased.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-third Cash balance of purchase money
on a credit of twelve months, with interest
from day of sale, secured by a bond and mort
gage Of the premises, (the purchaser to have
the option of paying his or her entire bid in
CASH.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. c.. Pts.
December 40 At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
EXECUTORS SALE.

TTIHE UNDERSIGNED will expose to public sale,
on THURSDAY, the 22nd day of DECEM-
Der, 1857, at the late residence of +. D.
erty belonging to the estate of said deceased,
consisting of one Horse, one Mule, two three
horse Wagons, lotof Wheat and Corn, Farm-
mo Utensils, Household and Kitchen Furni-
ture. and other articles unnecessary to mention:
will also offer for sale at the same time and
place. the GRIST AND SAW MILL and COT
TON GIN belonging to the said estate.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH.
E. D: THOMPSON, Jr., Executor
November 30 4S 81"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

%- Agent SELLING preparation for re-
moving stains from clothing)-"1 have
got here" Servant (who responds to the
agents ring)-"Excuse me, please; but
we are in great trouble here to-day; the
gentleman Of the house has been blown
up in an explosion" Agent-"Ho u r
much ?" Servant-"Blown to atoms;
only a grease spot left OF him" Agent
"Ha! Only a grease spot, you say :
Well here's a bottle Of my champion erao.
icator which will remove that grease Spot
in two Minutes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
CLERKS SALE.
South Carolina--Y York County.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.

VIM. f. Rose, individually, and as Admin
~istrator, against E. M. Rose and others.
IN obedience to the Decree of the Court
made in the cause above entitled, l will eX-
pose to public sale at YORK U HOUSE
on the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT,
All that lot or parcel of land in the town OF
Yorkville, S. c., on the south side of Jefferson
street, on which it fronts, and on the east side
of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad bed, con-
tanning
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE ACRES.
TERMs-Cash. Purchaser to pay ior papers,
JOS. +. WALLACE, G. c. Pts.
December7 40 At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
December 7
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT AUCTION

PERSONAL PROPERTY AT AUCTION.
WILL sell at public cutlery, at my residence,
River. on TUESDAY, THE 10TH DAY. OF
DECEMBER NENT, all of my PERSONAL
PROPERTY, consisting of four good Mules,
one good Family Horse, one good Milch Cow
and Some young Cattle, five head of Pork Hogs,
lot of Wheat, Oats, Corn, Fodder and Shucks,
about 500 bushels OF Cotton Seed (some of fine
varieties one Buggy and Harness., two ,Wag;;
ons, one set of Blacksmith Tools, lot OF good
Farming Utensils, Household and Kitchen
Furniture and other articles too numerous 10
mention.
TERMs-Positively Cash.
S. S. SMITH.
n, B.-I will sell any Of the above property
privately before the day of sale.
Noyombar 70 IS 6I
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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
Prospectus for 1888.
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO U B-MAKERS
$3.50 IN PREMIUMS.

7 N announcing our prospectus for 1888 we
deem it only necessary to say that the gen
eral features of the ENQUIRER which have
rendered it a favorite family paper in the past,
will be retained. and besides the general make
up of the Miscellaneous department, which has
given the paper a distinctive character, we shall
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

A SAD Observation-Disclosures at
fair over at Jones'.
Gus De Smith-What's the matter?
lone of the twins has died"
"That is an affection"
eyes, and the worst of it is the people
don't know which of them is dead, they
look so much alike"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

My stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GRO
CERIES is full. Also. Tobacco, Cigars, Boots
and Shoes, Hardware, &c. All Of which is
offered low for Cash, or on time to responsible
parties. F. HAPPERFIELD.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

No .TAsTE.-"Jenkins, I've got some
thing to tell you. 1t grieves me to say 1t,
but as q friend, I don't think 1. ought to
keep SILENT"
"What is it man, what is it,"
"I saw Brown throwing kisses to your
wife," =,
"Great Scott. I wouldn't have believed
it."
II thought not"
"But. come to think of it, Brown never
did have any taste.- Washington Critic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
F. HAPPERFIELD.
REMEMBER THE DEAD.

T WOULD invite special attention to my
present stock of MONUMENTS AND
rOMBSTONES, among which are several
beautiful SCOTCH GRANITE AND ITAL-
IAN MONUMENTS. Also a full supply Of
TOMBSTONES. Prices as low, to responsible
as anywhere else, either for cash or on
ina
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

John w. Lawrence. Administrator, against
Jane Jackson, and others.-Decree for sale,
to CALI in creditors, &c.
4 GREEABLY to the decree entered herein,
N the creditors Of Col. ANDREW JACK
son, deceased, are hereby notified to estab-
lish their claims before me at a Reference to be
held at YORK, C. H., ON THE 2ND JANU-
AIRY, 1888, orthey will be barred.
JAMES B. BELL, Special Referee.
December I 40 At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

WYE claim to be abreast Of the times in the
w Undertaking business. We have the
latest novelties in the way, of trimming, &C.,
and carry a complete stock of Collins of all
sizes and prices. We also have on hand a
lot of very handsome burial Cases and Caskets
woods. We have some Broadcloth Cases that
are very handsome. Also, Metallic Cases. We
have a nice line of White Gloss Cases and Cas-
kets for children, which are very pretty and
appropriate. We will make it to the interest
Of anyone in need of any of the above men
toned articles to call on US. We will sell as
cheap as anyone, and will sell on time to re.
sponsible parties. Our personal attention will
be given to all funerals in town.
J. ED. JEFFERYS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

Nor So LONESOME AFTER ALL.-"Isn't
it pretty lonesome out in the country 2"
he said to the boy whose parents moved
out on q farm last fall. .
81 guess not" was the reply. "Pa and
ma have Just as many discussions as they
did in the city, and US children get licked
about the same"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

A HOUSEHOLD HINT.-Mrs. Molly
Bieham, a newly married. lady, does not
know anything about housekeeping. but
she is anxious to have her husband believe
that there is nothing in the housekeeping
line that she does not know. He happen
ed to be in the room when the cook came
and said: -,
"Will you please glib me out de coffee?
De water is been a bilin' dis las half
hour" ,
"Let the water boil, Matilda" replied
Mrs. Bigman, calmly o.; "the longer it boils
the stronger 1t will be-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
EXCHANGE BANK,
Yorkville, S. @.

1OrKVlIle, .. 2.
T. S. JEFFERYS, President.
JOS. f. WALLACE, ............. Vice-President.
FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier.
Organized September I. 1887.
TIME BANK will receive Deposits, buy and
sell Exchange, make Loans and do a gen.
eral Banking Business.
The officers tender their courteous services
to its patrons and the public generally.
Sentembar6 36 If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

COLOR BL1NDNEss.-Two ex-conductors
of the Missouri Pacific met in the rotunda
of the Grand Pacific yesterday afternoon
and began to discuss the reasons Tor their
discharge.
II was fred" said one, "because I was
color blind" .
II didn't know, said the other, that
same test in regard to colors as the engin-
eers."
"They don't; but my color blindness
went so far that I couldn't tell the differ
ence between the color of the company's
o and my own."-Chicago Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

A FATHERS PR1v1LEGE.-Brown-As
your first baby is a boy, I suppose you
have the privilege of naming it.
Young Father-Yes, stree, l wouldn't
allow any one else to name that cherub.
"Have you thought of a good name for
him yet?" -
"Dozens of 'em; splendid names; just
the thing but they won'tany OF them 40"
"Why not?"
"My wife won't have 'em."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14

No. 10 will run Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays only, arriving at Yorkville at II .0Sand
leaving at 1l.2O, A. NJ, going North.
No. 20 will run Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays only, arriving at Yorkville at 30
and leaving at 2.40 P. NJ, going South.
G.. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
August II 33 tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
CAR SERVICE

THRU UUT1 CAh SEN ICEs
On Trains Nos. 50 and SO, Pullman Buffet sleepers between
Washington and Augusta, via DanviIle.
On Trains Nos. so and 81 Pullman Sleeper between
Charleston and Louisville, KY, via A. Z. l.. and Columbia
and Spartanburg.
Through Passenger Coach between Charleston and Morris
town, Wat s. C: Railway, Columbia and Spartanburg.
Tickets on sale ut Principal Stations TO all Points.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL, SOL. HASS,
GenI Pass. Agent. Asst GenH Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager.
Columbia, SC.
August 81 #
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s.HYGEIA.'e
A Wonderful Discovery,
TOBACCO AN AID TO HEALTH!

4 NEW TOBACCO, manufactured by Thos.
A c. Williams e. Co., Richmond, Va, under
a formula prepared by Prof. Mallett, of the
University of Virginia.
mt -Malarial, Anti-Dyspeptic, good Nerv-
inc, and an excellent Chew.
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NOTICE.

DERSONS living along the post route from
YORKVILLE to BULLOCK'S CREEK,
SC, or between YORKVILLE and CLARK'S
FORK, desiring to subscribe to the YoRKvILLE
ENQUIRER. and to whom it is inconvenient to
receive their papers at a post Office, will have
their popers delivered to them FREE OF
CHARGE for carrying, by putting their names
on my club. j. N. ROBERTS.
November 80 4S tt
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PREMIUMS TO CLUB MAKERS.

To club-makers for the approaching volume,
we offer THREE PREMIUMS for the three
largest clubs, as follows:
One BREWSTER SIDE BAR PIANO BON
BUGGY, worth $50.
One set handsome WALNUT
FURNITURE, worth $50.
One DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOAD-
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ED. JEFFERYS
Pay Up.

r MUST have money, and I would be glad
to make receipts for parties having accounts
on my books. ]. ED. JEFFERYS.
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SOUTH CAROLINA--COUNTY OF YORK

Nancy l.. Dunlap against James NJ. Poag,
and others.
TNHE Creditors of SALIVA POAG, de.
eased, are hereby notified to present and
establish their claims against her estate before
me at my Office in Yorkville, on THURSDAY
H 10Th instant, or the same will be barred.
JOS +. WALLACE, c. G. Pts.
December 40 At
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TRY IT! NO HUMBUG!
For particulars of its virtues call for certih-
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RON'S, and r. B. LOWRY'S.
September % 80 ON
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iedmOn Airline.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R.,
South Carolina Division.

@GFa~TITlH@H t5aaiz@..Hs7l
~ AIH WV w
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-02
Collecting Fine Violins.

In an office building on Union square
are the quarters of a dealer who sells the
finest and costlirs; old violirs that are
sold in America. Amateurs who collect
old fiddles know him well, and enormous
prices are paid by them for the instru-
lnents he makes Il speciality of buying
AMI selling. \ man from the far west
bought Stradivarius for -, 500 the other
afternoon. an,i in the course of his pur-
chase played Il snatch of 4 tune on it,
His playing was exccrable. never heard
worse from Il street musician. remarked
on this - the dealer. and he replied,
smiling:
'''rh" costliest violins belong to the
men who have least skill in playing them.
| That is one Of the curiosities Of the trade.
Those who collect violins are rarely
master performers OH them. They buy
for the sake Of having. Men who cal,
play the violin do not invest fortunes in
Instruments. They buy rs good as they
can afford for themselves and do their
best with it,
This collection of tiddles is, by the way,
curious craze. knew man in London
Nh" had it very badly. He owned dozens
! OF violns. and had each PVT by in q
| special glass case on the wall of his study
along with Il little book containing its
history. written by himself, and the doc,l-
ments that authenticated ii. lie also had
fine collection Of bows. He would start
OF at an hours notice ior Russia OF
America to get hold Of a prize violin, and
the only tune he could play through was
"Nankce Dnodle,' which is the easies.
one to learn on the violin. Mr.. JOSEPH
w. DreNel owns. I believe. the fines,
collection oi violins in New York, which
probably means in America. but he is fl,
from brilliant performer on tham.--
Alfred Trumhle in New York News.